Targets escape injury in drive-by shooting in Paterson

PATERSON - Someone in a passing vehicle fired several shots at two people sitting in a parked car in the city's 4th Ward early Wednesday morning, but the targets escaped injury, police said.

The incident happened at about 2:15 am near the corner of 10th Avenue and East 19th Street, said Sgt. David Rios. Some of the bullets struck the car, but neither of the occupants - a man and woman from Paterson - was wounded, police said.

The case remains under investigation and authorities have not disclosed a possible motive in the shooting.